Burnt LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Burnt says La Tua Pasta was its first customer and claims order-processing speed improved by 96% after deployment.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Burnt is an AI-native operating system for food distribution that automates sales/order processing, procurement, and credit-control workflows inside existing ERPs. It was founded by three food-industry operators and is positioned as supplier-first, implementation-heavy enterprise software for distributors.
Primary product
Ozai and Burnt's agentic operating system for food supply chain operations
Founded
2023
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
AI agents / food supply chain automation
Offices
Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$4.3M
Latest round
Seed · Sep 2025
Latest amount
$3.8M
Sep 2025 · Penny Jar Capital
Jul 2025 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CPO
Chandru Shanmugasundaram
Co-Founder & CTO
Investors
Small, in-office team that emphasizes ownership, clear communication, honesty, fast iteration, high standards, and building alongside customers in the field.
Work style
Onsite
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
The YC Founding Engineer posting listed $125K-$250K salary and 0.10%-1.50% equity, with hiring limited to US citizens/visa holders.
Benefits
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
six-figure revenue
Burnt LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Burnt says La Tua Pasta was its first customer and claims order-processing speed improved by 96% after deployment.
Burnt blog · Apr 2026
Burnt published commentary on Sysco's acquisition of Restaurant Depot and broader food-industry consolidation.
FoodNavigator-USA · Oct 2025
Covers the same seed round and explains Burnt's agentic OS for distributors, including Ozai and the company’s focus on unstructured channels like phone, email, WhatsApp, text, and fax.
PRNewswire · Sep 2025
Official seed-funding announcement: $3.8M led by Penny Jar Capital with Scribble Ventures, Formation VC, and Dan Scheinman; says Burnt automates workflows in legacy ERP systems for the food supply chain.
TechCrunch · Sep 2025
Reports the seed round, notes Burnt had processed more than $10M in monthly orders, and says the company was generating six-figure revenue while growing steadily.